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Senior Web Developer - E-Commerce Loc: St. Louis, MO


2016-03-07 15:12:04
Job Type: Full Time only
Budget $: 100,000 - 200,000

Role: Senior Web Developer - E-Commerce
Location: St. Louis, MO
  • The Sr. eCommerce Web Developer participates in and leads all aspects of the development process for multiple international and domestic ecommerce websites and related systems as well as providing technical leadership to the development team.
  • Develops and documents technical solutions in response to requests to enhance and optimize companys ecommerce websitesParticipates in and leads coding of solutionsDemandware
  • Experience is huge PLUSAssists with quality assurance activities, including unit testing, system testing, and solution validationPerforms daily builds and the promotion of code to the development environment for subsequent testingProvides leadership to entire development team
  • Ensures best practices are established and followedAssists less-experienced developers with technical challenges through mentoring and professional development
  • Assists the groups Solution Architect with conceptualization and execution of high level technical plansConsults with business groups to clarify requirements and solution feasibility, and to provide technical solutionsParticipates on project teams led by project managersParticipates in solution discussions to expand knowledge of systems and processes
  • Participates in administrative process discussions designed to maximize team productivity
  • Assists with technical support and triage of issues as neededCompetenciesInnovative: displays original thinking and creativity; meets challenges with resourcefulness; presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others attentionInitiative: undertakes self-development activities; takes independent actions and calculated risks; looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; asks for and offers help when neededDependability: follows instructions, responds to direction; takes responsibilities for own actions; keeps commitments; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate personal with an alternate plan; arrives at meetings and appointments on time
  • Must have a proven track record of developing and supporting mission-critical, high-volume web applications
  • Must possess a strong understanding of the software development life cycle and related processes
  • Must possess expert-level proficiency with regard to web development technologies including client-side and server-side JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, AJAX, JSON, XML, XPath, XSD Schemas, XSLT
  • TransformationsMust possess expert-level proficiency designing, developing, and calling web services and other forms of remote API callsMust be able to understand and optimize performance drivers of pages, and entire website
  • Must possess expert-level proficiency in effectively troubleshooting high-volume online systems while minimizing impact to the customer experience
  • Must possess expert-level understanding of key technologies including web servers, relational databases, scheduled batch jobs, data transformation, import, and exportMust be able to effectively manage time across multiple projects and priorities
  • Must possess demonstrable experience in advanced troubleshooting techniques
  • Must possess good organization and time management skills
  • Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able and willing to effectively communicate with all users having little or no technical knowledge
  • Must possess excellent customer service skills with a high level of initiative
Education
  • BA Degree in Computer Sciences, programming or a related discipline or demonstrable equivalent experience
  • ExperienceA minimum of 8 years of web development experience is required, 10+ years is strongly desired
  • A minimum of 4 years of ecommerce development experience is requiredPrior experience with an eCommerce platform such as Demandware, ATG, WebSphere, or Magento is required
  • Prior experience with complex n-tier architectures is preferred
  • Prior experience with Software As A Service (SaaS) solutions is preferredPrior experience with Eclipse, Git is preferredPrior experience with Agile/Scrum is strongly desired

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